Therapeutic play activities: Building cohesion and socialization among nursing home residents

Activities, Adaptation and Aging

Volumn 25, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 121-135

  Trzinski, Amy ^a   Higgins, Jeanette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

Author keywords

Activities; Nursing home; Socialization; Therapeutic play

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748552495     PISSN: 01924788     EISSN: 15444368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J016v25n03_09     Document Type: Article

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